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    - Class - Dicots - Dicotyledoneae
      - Order - Borage / Mint / Verbena - Lamiales
        
        Family - Borage Family - Boraginaceae
        
        Species - Blue Stickseed - Hackelia micrantha

Blue Stickseed - Hackelia micrantha

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4
C-value: 4

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General Description

Perennial, usually from a branched caudex, otherwise similar to H. floribunda. Stems erect, usually simple, 30–80 cm. Herbage hirsute, strigose. Leaves 4–25 cm long. Flowers: calyx 1–1.5 mm long; corolla ca. 2 mm long, 6–9 mm across the limb, blue with yellow or white fornices. Nutlet body 3–5 mm long; marginal prickles distinct; dorsal face with 4 to 8 smaller prickles (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments

BC, AB south to CA, UT and CO (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 67

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Recency

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Habitat

Meadows, moist grasslands, sagebrush steppe; montane, subalpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References

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- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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- Ament, R.J. 1995. Pioneer Plant Communities Five Years After the 1988 Yellowstone Fires. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 216 p.
- Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Blue Stickseed — Hackelia micrantha. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 20, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PDBOR0G0H0